Frequent mutation of Apc gene in rat colon tumors and mucin-depleted foci, preneoplastic lesions in experimental colon carcinogenesis

Cancer Research

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 445-449

  Femia, Angelo Pietro ^a   Dolara, Piero ^a   Giannini, Augusto ^b   Salvadori, Maddalena ^a   Biggeri, Annibale ^a   Caderni, Giovanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b General Hospital of Prato Azienda Sanitaria Locale 4   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; MUCIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ANIMALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; GENES, APC; MALE; MUCINS; MUTATION; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 33846680079     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-3861     Document Type: Article

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